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Houston, Texas / Mountain View, California, (March 9, 2022) – DER-Trans Logistics, a global leader in third-party logistics, announced today it has teamed up with Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading self-driving trucking company, to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas Fort-Worth and Austin; and Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City. Through this partnership, Kodiak and DER-Trans Logistics have become the first-ever companies to deliver freight autonomously in the state of Oklahoma. This partnership is a critical step towards the companies’ long-term goal of integrating Kodiak’s technology into DER-Trans Logistics’s North American truck fleet.

“DER-Trans Logistics is committed to working alongside leading automation and robotics suppliers – like Kodiak with its proven autonomy technologies – to unlock value for our customers’ supply chain operations,” says Shawn Stewart, President & Managing Director, North America, DER-Trans Logistics. “At DER-Trans Logistics, we define innovation as the implementation of new ideas with business impact, and our partnership with Kodiak will deliver more business value to our customers, especially in light of the current supply chain crisis and the ongoing driver shortage.”

DER-Trans Logistics delivered its first load with Kodiak in November 2021 and is moving goods weekly on the 200 mile freight lane between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin, Texas. The companies expanded the partnership in February 2022 with a new route between Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City on the freight-rich Interstate 35 corridor. This route runs 200 miles between a DER-Trans Logistics facility in Dallas and the delivery point in Oklahoma City. On both routes, a Kodiak autonomous tractor pulls a DER-Trans Logistics trailer filled with consumer products.

In addition to these two lanes in connection with DER-Trans Logistics, Kodiak Robotics has been delivering freight daily between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston since mid-2019. Since mid-2021, Kodiak Robotics has also been delivering freight weekly between Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio.